Kenneth B. Beckman

The paper develops synthetic DNA standards to measure primer editing by proofreading polymerases and shows it can be tuned to improve microbiome profiling.

This paper introduces a low-cost, streamlined amplicon-based method for SARS-CoV-2 sequencing that is comparable to existing methods in accuracy and scalability.

This paper presents the genome of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, providing insights into its invasive success and creating a resource for invasive species research.

The paper introduces REcount, a PCR-free method for accurate quantification of engineered genetic constructs, showing it is highly accurate and reveals Illumina sequencing platform biases based on molecule length.

This study evaluates shallow shotgun sequencing as an alternative to 16S for affordable, high-resolution human microbiome analysis, finding it provides accurate taxonomic and functional profiles.